Thoughts inspired by Blake Crouch's sci-fi thriller "Dark Matter."

Shane Carruth's film "Primer" makes a cameo appearance.

Thoughts inspired by Gary Gerstle's "The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order."

Cameos from Homer Simpson, The Dude, Michael Clayton, and Shiva: the God of Death.

Thoughts inspired by Jonathan Franzen's novel Crossroads and Maggie Nelson's article "Great to Watch." 

Cameos by Elizabeth Mary Jennings, Ryan Trecartin's I-Be Area, and Fleabag.

Murder . . . in South Central and Deep Space.

Thoughts inspired by Jill Leovy's Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America and Martha Wells' locked-room-deep-space-robot-detective-murder-mystery Fugitive Telemetry.

Cameos by Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin and N.W.A.

Thoughts inspired by Ann Leary's novel The Foundling.

Thoughts inspired by the works of Colson Whitehead, particularly Harlem Shuffle and The Underground Railroad. 

Cameos by Warren Buffet, Jared Diamond, Richie Jerimovich, and Michael Corleone. 

Thoughts (loosely) inspired by the works of Joy Williams, particularly The Changeling, Harrow, and The Quick and the Dead.

Thoughts inspired by James S. A. Corey's The Expanse series (and other first contact film and literature).

Thoughts inspired by Geoff Dyer's new book Roger Federer and Other Endings (and other stuff Dyer has written).